Clanking manhole irks readers

This question comes from our Fix-It Mapon the Getting There blog. Readers can go to the map and highlight a concern, and others can click to say “I want this fixed too!”

One reader writes: “A mis-set manhole cover in the intersection of Henry Johnson Boulevard and State Street emits a loud ‘clank’ every time a vehicle drives through the intersection, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Multiple calls to the city by multiple residents of the neighborhood have failed to get this resolved.”

Six other people clicked that they want it fixed too.

James Miller, spokesman for the city of Albany on road issues, said a crew will check it out.

“The manhole cover is part of the sewer system, which is part of the water department,” he said. “They have been notified and are going to send a crew there to determine if they can refit the top so is doesn’t “clank” anymore when cars drive over it.”